Total Crime Rate
2944.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1344.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Place area has the highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Cheylesmore , and the highest crime rate of 998 local areas in Coventry .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Place (CV1 5SE) in the last 12 months was 2944.3 per 1,000 residents and was 3809.5% higher than the Cheylesmore average (75.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 578 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 14 cases , down -12.5% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 65.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -29.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 844 (≈ 1344.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Place (CV1 5SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 508 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burges (228 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coventry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ironmonger Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ironmonger Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ironmonger Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ironmonger Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ironmonger Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ironmonger Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ironmonger Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ironmonger Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chauntry Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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